| abstain |
to choose not to do something. |
| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| conscript |
a military recruit summoned by draft; draftee. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
| dregs |
the part of anything that is left over or that has the least value or use. |
| eccentricity |
an odd or peculiar behavior, habit, interest, or the like. |
| equivocate |
to express oneself ambiguously, often to avoid giving a direct answer or to deceive. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| submissive |
inclined or obliged to submit; unresisting; obedient; docile. |
| temperament |
the manner of thinking, feeling, and acting that is characteristic of a particular person or animal. |
| undercut |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart. |